Dear Governing Board Members, Your institution—and the nation—needs your leadership as never before. Shared governance means shared. Institutions properly should challenge government when it exceeds its statutory authority. Institutions properly should remind the public of...
The failure of Congress to reform the Higher Education Act since its last reauthorization in 2008 has had devastating consequences for America’s students and taxpayers. For too long, the federal response to rising costs...
Every year, the Cornell community elects two alumni to join the board of trustees. The 2025 Cornell Alumni Trustee Elections are taking place now through the end of the month, giving alumni an opportunity...
ACTA’s chief of staff and SVP, Armand Alacbay, sits down with Jon Hardister, who once chaired North Carolina's House Education Committee.
Washington, DC—The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) yesterday sent a letter […]
A new year provides new opportunities for higher education governing board members to recommit to their roles as effective fiduciaries. Unfortunately, complacent and ineffective board leadership continues to inhibit progress at our nation’s colleges...
As a new administration comes into office and Congress begins its first session, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) calls on our representatives to turn their attention to American higher education and...
The American college campus can return to sanity. It won’t be easy, but Ann Arbor is showing how this can happen.
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